CDC - Statistics - Lyme Disease

Fast Facts

In 2012, 95% of Lyme disease cases were reported from 13 states:

• Connecticut



• Delaware



• Maine



• Maryland



• Massachusetts



• Minnesota



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• New Hampshire



• New Jersey



• New York



• Pennsylvania



• Vermont



• Virginia



• Wisconsin

Lyme disease is the most commonly reported vectorborne illness in the United States–in 2012, it was the 7th most common Nationally Notifiable disease. However this disease does not occur nationwide and is concentrated heavily in the northeast and upper Midwest.